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Have you ever had a vehicle that’s had some mechanical problems but you still liked the vehicle. I once had a 1994 Cavalier RS sedan which developed a problem with the transmission lockup solenoid. It also freaked and rattled but I still liked the car. I liked the low end torque compared to other compacts of the time as well as the ease of DIY maintenance set up. I could slide under the rear passenger side of the trunk and change the fuel filter with pliers and a small wrench. The stereo speakers were the easiest ive ever seen for replacing both front and rear. Those factory paper cons speakers were lousy and even cheap aftermarket speakers sounded better even with just the factory head unit.
I had a very old Dodge pickup that ate it's engine just over 400,000 miles. I replaced the engine and apparently the job wasn't done correctly because that blew up shortly thereafter. I was going to junk the car, but a friend, who also loved that old pickup, took it and replaced the engine again, did the job himself so it was done right.
My HHR has some sort of weird glitch where it won't let go of the ignition key. Several trips to the dealer haven't been able to fix it, but I still drive that car and it is still my favorite vehicle and so much fun to drive.
I did have to get rid of my cargo van because it was so difficult to give a tuneup to. My son, who does my smallish mechanical jobs refused to work on it and the professional mechanic who gave it a very expensive ($600) tuneup told me to never bring it back.
I had a 1985 Merkur XR4Ti. I loved the way the car drove, rode and handled. Ford really wanted that car to be a seller for them, so they held many owner events, including getting driving lessons from Jackie Stewart and other Ford racing drivers. The best thing was that they offered a discount on extending the factory warranty to 60K miles. Unfortunately, I needed it badly. So many things went wrong, the car spent a lot of time in the service dept. Fortunately, I paid very little out of pocket. In 1989, I hit 60K miles and traded it on a Thunderbird SuperBird (the Merkur had such a bad rep by then that Ford offered a sizable bonus on the trade). The TBird was also a great fun car.
I had a 1985 Merkur XR4Ti. I loved the way the car drove, rode and handled. Ford really wanted that car to be a seller for them, so they held many owner events, including getting driving lessons from Jackie Stewart and other Ford racing drivers. The best thing was that they offered a discount on extending the factory warranty to 60K miles. Unfortunately, I needed it badly. So many things went wrong, the car spent a lot of time in the service dept. Fortunately, I paid very little out of pocket. In 1989, I hit 60K miles and traded it on a Thunderbird SuperBird (the Merkur had such a bad rep by then that Ford offered a sizable bonus on the trade). The TBird was also a great fun car.
If it makes it out of storage in March without any problems, it will have been two full years without an issue.
That would be something of a minor miracle. The '85 had myriad issues, but I kept it for 9 years because I like Merkurs.
My first car was a 1970 Mustang, and my second car was a 1977 Peugeot 604. I don't know that I'd say it had mechanical problems, but it was designed differently than American cars, and both I and the local independent mechanics found it confusing to work on. Function on the car was great though and particularly noteworthy were the large suspension travel, soft ride, and powerful braking.
If it makes it out of storage in March without any problems, it will have been two full years without an issue.
That would be something of a minor miracle. The '85 had myriad issues, but I kept it for 9 years because I like Merkurs.
Wonder what could have been if Ford had brough over the six cylinder and Cosworth engine instead of the turbo?
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